When is a seller’s bid a shill bid?

February 27, 2019

Some auctions allow the seller to place bids directly or through another agent (by proxy.) Specifically, in a with reserve …

Live, online-only or simulcast?

February 25, 2019

Many say that the live auction, online-only auction and simulcast auction are “tools in the toolbox” where auctioneers choose the …

February 22, 2019

I’m being told that countless auctioneers across the country contract with sellers to sell everything “without reserve” a.k.a. “absolute” and …

February 20, 2019

I know this is probably true, and I keep hearing it from other auctioneers that it’s true so we’ll start …

February 15, 2019

I’ve heard it many times in my career — confidence is an auctioneer’s stock-in-trade, confidence is an auctioneer’s most valuable …

February 13, 2019

I think this is a simple question: What’s faster — a live auction or an online auction? Maybe it’s not …

February 11, 2019

Our topic here concerns the sale of a horse named Eloquent Diva at auction where the buyer found shortly thereafter …

February 7, 2019

Comparing or contrasting statistics from auctions can be fun. One auctioneer had a live auction with 450 bidders and 1,126 …

February 4, 2019

We previously wrote about the somewhat perplexing situation where the seller is bidding first in regard to the “last good …